Librarian & Digital Literacy Specialist

Librarian & Digital Literacy Specialist Position Statement

Reports To:

Director of Digital Learning & Technology

The Librarian and Digital Literacy Specialist serves as a leader at the intersection of curiosity, research, and technology. This role fosters a deep and lifelong love of reading while equipping learners with the critical thinking and digital fluency skills they’ll need to succeed in an ever‑changing world. While managing the physical and digital resources of the library, ensuring the space is the learning heart of the school, the Librarian is deeply embedded throughout all three divisions, partnering with teachers on technology‑rich, inquiry‑driven experiences, helping students be the curious, capable, and adaptable learners this moment demands.

The essential duties and responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Professional Standards & Conduct: Consistently upholds professional standards of personal presentation, punctuality, attendance, and engagement at meetings, duty coverage, safety protocols, decision‑making, and maintains required credentials.
• Commitment to Dawson Culture: Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding and support of Dawson’s mission, vision, core values, and diversity statement; actively participates in school‑wide events.
• Confidentiality & Ethical Practice: Honors confidentiality of school, student, and family information and demonstrates ethical decision‑making in all professional contexts. Talks to people and not about people.
• Working Agreements: Upholds Dawson working agreements, such as assuming positive intentions in all interactions, holding self and others accountable for the impact of words and actions, mindfully sharing the air, and proactively looking for solutions before problems escalates.

• Classroom Climate & Management: Establishes a safe, well‑organized environment with effective routines that maximize learning time, exhibits student ownership and agency, and reflects the identity of the students.
• Instructional Design & Delivery: Designs learning experiences that are meaningful, engaging, and aligned with clear learning objectives. Lessons leverage high‑impact strategies that promote deeper learning, critical thinking, and meaningful technology integration; pacing of lessons is appropriate to maximize instructional time.
• Assessment, Feedback & Differentiation: Provides timely, specific feedback that supports growth and utilizes multiple assessments and adapts instruction to meet diverse learning needs.
• Student Success Skills Integration: Intentionally plans and implements instruction focused on Dawson’s Student Success Skills, and systematically collects evidence of student progress toward mastery of these skills.

• Design and deliver developmentally appropriate classes in reading engagement, research skills, information literacy, and responsible technology use.
• Serve as a school‑wide thought partner on information literacy, media literacy, and the ethical use of AI and emerging technologies.
• Co‑plan and model lessons with faculty that integrate inquiry skills, media literacy, and purposeful technology use.
• Create instructional materials, exemplars, and resources to support inquiry‑driven, technology‑enhanced learning.
• Integrate emerging technologies, including AI tools, in developmentally appropriate ways.
• Refine and implement a cohesive library and technology scope and sequence for EC‑8.

• Manage the daily operations of the library, including acquisitions, cataloging, and circulation.
• Maintain a diverse, current, and inclusive library of physical and digital resources.
• Provide day‑to‑day direction and coordination of the Library Assistant to ensure smooth library operations.
• Curate and lead vibrant programming, including reading programs, author visits, and book fairs, that build a culture of reading and intellectual excitement.
• Foster an inviting, inclusive library environment that serves as the intellectual heart of the school community.
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